The recording of the oral argument in Dupree v. Hiraga, No 29464 has been posted. It is available here (caution, massive 34mb mp3 download). (Oral arguments in Hawaii’s appellate courts are not reduced to a written transcript, and the electronic recordings are the only record of arguments.)
The appeal concerns whether the State Board
My colleague Mark Murakami who blogs at hawaiioceanlaw.com will be covering today’s oral argument in the Hawaii Supreme Court case Dupree v. Hiraga, No 29464, the appeal regarding whether the State Board of Registration (County of Maui)correctly concluded that a Maui County councilperson who registered tovote as a Lanai resident is actually a
Update 7/15/2009: The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Thursday, August 20, 2009, from 9:00-10:00. Here’s the notice.
The Hawaii Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal regarding whether the State Board of Registration (County of Maui) correctly concluded that a Maui County councilperson who registered to vote as a Lanai resident
I’ve received a few interesting comments and e-mails on an earlier post (“Why Hawaii Can’t Vote On Property Taxes”) about the Ohana Kauai property tax charter amendment and how it was declared unconstitutional by a 3-2 Hawaii Supreme Court.
Here’s one that I thought was worth moving from the below-the-fold comment section:
I know you’re
In High court ruling on residency requested, the Maui News reports on Dupree v. Hiraga, No. 29464, the appeal of the decision by the State Board of Registration (County of Maui) which concluded that a Maui County councilperson who registered as a Lanai resident is actually a resident of Maui.
Attorneys for a
Faced with a budget shortfalls and declining revenue projections (and what level of government these days isn’t?), the Honolulu City Council voted today to raise property taxes and eliminate a property tax credit that would have softened the raise for some homeowners. See the reports here and here. It also voted to raise the
Yesterday, my Damon Key colleagues and I filed this brief on behalf of a Lanai voter, asking the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals to affirm a decision by the State Board of Registration (County of Maui) which concluded that a Maui County councilperson who registered as a Lanai resident is actually a resident of Maui.
The ABA Section on State & Local Government has published my article “Because They Can: Judicially Excising the People from the Definition of “County” in the Hawaii Constitution” in the State & Local Government Law News (Spring 2008).
The article is a summary and analysis of County of Kauai ex rel. Nakazawa v.
On April 9, 2008, the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals will be hearing oral arguments in Unite Here! Local 5 v. City and County of Honolulu, No. 28603, the appeal involving the question of whether the City should have required the Kuilima Resort to prepare a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Here are the main